718 FAMILY VIII. (JRYLLID.E. THE CRICKETS. 



It appears to be much less common in that State than quadripunc- 

 tatus, having been recorded only from Gainesville, Monticello, 

 LaGrauge and Lakeland. At LaGrange it was collected by Davis 

 (3914) "among the golden rods and other low plants by the side 

 of the road ; also on small oaks and other trees. The song is loud, 

 about three or four seconds long, with an equal interval of rest." 



The known range of 0. angiistipennis extends from New Eng- 

 land west to Minnesota and Nebraska and south and southwest 

 to Georgia, Uunedin, Fla., Mississippi and, according to Allard, 

 Texas. In New England it is definitely known, says Morse, only 

 from near Boston and at various points in Connecticut, where it 

 "frequents orchards, fruit trees and even low thickets of sweet 

 fern." Beuteunmller (1894, 270) says that about New York City 

 it is "not as common as niveus and inhabits the higher parts of 

 different kinds of forest and fruit trees. The note is fainter than 

 that of nircus and may be represented by reeeeeee, lasting about 

 five seconds, and terminating abruptly, with an equal interval of 

 rest. It usually sings at night only, but sometimes also late in 

 the afternoon in shady places, and on cloudy days." Fox (Ms.) 

 reports it from Clarksville, Tenn. and Hubbell from Washtenaw 

 Co., Mich. In Nebraska Bruner found it "pretty well distributed 

 over the eastern part of the State." 



Fulton (1915,27,29) says of angiistipennis : 



"It is often found in company with niveus and is generally abundant 

 in apple orchards. It is more strictly arboreal than the latter species, and 

 seems to be confined to woody plants, either trees or large bushes. About 

 Geneva, N. Y., it has never been taken on raspberry, grape or weeds of any 

 kind. Among forest trees it is more common than niveus. Many specimens 

 have been collected from scrub and post oaks on Long Island, and from 

 alder in a swamp near Geneva. The song of this species is not so loud as 

 that made by niveus and is of a more mournful quality. It is, like that, 

 intermittent, but can be readily distinguished by its longer notes and rests 

 and its nonrythmical character. Each trill continues from one to five sec- 

 onds. The periods of rest vary more and may be from one to eight sec- 

 onds or longer. On trees where angiistipennis occurs in equal abundance 

 with niveus, its song is nearly drowned out by the synchronous beat of the 

 latter species and only by listening intently can it be detected. So far as 

 observed it sings throughout the night and remains silent during the day." 



Allard (1910b) wrote of the song of angiistipennis in north 

 Georgia as follows : 



"It sings on cloudy afternoons, though its song is best heard 

 after sunset. As the shadows become deeper in the oak trees and 

 the breezes have ceased, a faint, brief high-pitchd pr-e-e-e is heard. 

 This is soon repeated by others in different keys at brief intervals. 

 The notes of this cricket, to me, inspire a weird pathos, unlike any 



